1876 Ottoman coup d'état
On 30 May 1876, a government coup occurred in the Ottoman capital of Constantinople, which resulted in the dethronement of the Ottoman Sultan Abdulaziz, and subsequently, the appointment of Murad V as the Sultan.
Background
In the last period of Abdulaziz's reign, the economic situation was getting worse. In 1875, uprisings against the Ottoman Empire broke out in Serbia, the Aegean Islands, Egypt, Montenegro, Romania and Bosnia-Herzegovina. The Bulgarian Revolts, which broke out in the Panagurishte region in April 1876, spread to the entire Sredna Gora region. Around 1,000 Muslim people living in the region were killed by the rebellious Bulgarians.[1] As a result, reciprocal massacres took place between Bulgarians and Caucasian Muslims, such as Circassians and Abazas, who were expelled from the Caucasus by the Russian Empire and forced to migrate to the region. These massacres were evaluated as if they were committed against the Bulgarians unilaterally in Europe, causing a negative atmosphere around the Ottoman Empire.
Thereupon, the
Coup and aftermath
One day before the coup, on May 29, 1876, the head of the Young Ottoman secret society, Midhat Pasha, serasker Hüseyin Avni Pasha, War School Minister Süleyman Pasha, Council of Military Chief Ahmed Pasha received a fatwa from the new Şeyhülislam Hasan Hayrullah Efendi for the removal of the Sultan. Everything was ready for the coup to take place the next day.
On 30 May, the students of the Military Academy took action under the command of Süleyman Pasha, and the soldiers in the Taşkışla and Gümüşsuyu barracks were under the command of the Istanbul army commander, Refik Pasha. Madrasah students also joined the soldiers. Dolmabahçe Palace was surrounded. Abdulaziz, who was dethroned, was removed from the palace in a boat. In his place, Murad V was declared the Ottoman Sultan.
The ousted sultan, who was detained in
Additional reading
- Yılmaz Öztuna, Bir Darbenin Anatomisi, Babıali Kültür Yayınları; ISBN 975-8486-46-2; İstanbul 2003
References
- ^ McCarthy, Justin: The Ottoman Peoples and the end of Empire; London, 1981; sayfa: 44.
- ^ "Abdülaziz'i tahttan eden hükümet darbesi". Archived from the original on 10 May 2010. Retrieved 9 June 2010.
- ^ "Arşivlenmiş kopya". Archived from the original on 17 August 2010. Retrieved 9 June 2010.
- ^ "Arşivlenmiş kopya". The New York Times. 26 February 1888. Archived from the original on 26 December 2014. Retrieved 9 June 2010.